{"id":6567,"date":"2012-11-12T04:39:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T11:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6567"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:00:12","slug":"loggerhead-shrike-in-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/12\/loggerhead-shrike-in-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Loggerhead Shrike in Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LoggerheadLoggerhead Shrike on a snowy November day – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/500, ISO 400, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Loggerhead Shrike was one of the few birds I photographed yesterday on Antelope Island before the Prairie Falcon with a Northern Shoveler as prey<\/span><\/a> that I posted yesterday. The weather on the radar didn’t look bad before heading to the island in the morning but it was. Bad I mean.<\/p>\n

Snow fell heavily at times and the light was low, I could see Rough-legged and Red-tailed Hawks taking shelter in some of the distant trees. I didn’t see or hear Horned Larks or Chukars and they are birds I am used to seeing year round on the island.<\/p>\n

When I spotted this Loggerhead Shrike<\/span><\/a> perched on a bush along the road I thought that my images of it might be the only decent images I would bring home.<\/p>\n

The background of this image is composed of water at the bottom, the middle white layer is snow on a distant dike near the marina, and the touch of blue at the top was actually a bit of blue sky that was visible to the north. I also liked the tiny water droplet under the bill of the shrike.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Loggerhead Shrike photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Loggerhead Shrike was one of the few birds I photographed yesterday on Antelope Island before the Prairie Falcon with a Northern Shoveler as prey that I posted yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,247,26],"tags":[4004,4171,4066,156,4104,3906,3907,4050,373],"class_list":["post-6567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-loggerhead-shrikes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-lanius-ludovicianus","tag-loggerhead-shrike","tag-low-light-2","tag-perched","tag-shrike","tag-shrikes","tag-snow","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t